dust-upnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈdʌs.tʌp/us/ˈdʌs.tʌp/old-fashioneda fight or argument
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- gunfight
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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Arguments & disagreements
Examples from literature
- There would be a terrible dust-up, smirked Winter.